Английская Википедия:2012–13 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

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The 2012–13 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Sean Miller and played home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Seeded 6th in the West Region of the 2013 NCAA tournament, the team defeated (11) Belmont and (14) Harvard by a combined score of 40 points before losing 73–70 to (2) Ohio State in the Sweet Sixteen.

After starting the season undefeated in non-conference play the team went 12–6 in conference and fell to UCLA in the Pac-12 tournament semifinals. The team's mid-season record of 14–0 was the second best start in program history since the 1931–32 team opened the season 16–0.

Arizona entered the season ranked 11th in the Coaches and 12th in the AP preseason polls, climbed to 3rd in both after going undefeated into January, and then fell to 20th (Coaches) and 21st (AP) just prior to the start of the NCAA tournament.

Before the season began Sean Miller and his staff recruited the nation's 3rd-ranked class of 2012 and brought in three well-regarded transfers, among them starting point guard Mark Lyons, who led the team in scoring with 15.6 points-per-game, including 24.3 points-per-game in NCAA tournament play.

Offseason

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mark Lyons	2	PG	6'1"	188	Senior	Schenectady, New York	Lyons left Xavier to play his senior year at Arizona. He was eligible to play immediately under the NCAA's graduate transfer rule.
T. J. McConnell	4	PG	6'1"	180	Junior	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	McConnell elected to transfer after his sophomore year at Duquesne and redshirted the 2012–13 season under NCAA transfer rules.
Matt Korcheck	31	PF	6'9"	220	Junior	Tucson, Arizona	A junior college transfer from Cochise College, Korcheck elected to redshirt the season and have two years eligibility starting in 2013–14.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Alex Jacobson	50	C	7'0"	253	Senior	Santa Ana, California	Graduated
Jesse Perry	33	SF	6'7"	217	Senior	St. Louis, Missouri	Graduated
Brendon Lavender	24	SG	6'5"	212	Senior	Mesa, Arizona	Graduated
Kyle Fogg	21	SG	6'3"	188	Senior	Brea, California	Graduated
Dondre Wise	0	PG	6'1"	220	Senior	Houston, Texas	Graduated
Kyryl Natyazhko	14	C	6'11"	275	Junior	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Natyazhko announced his intention to turn professional in April, 2012. He played for Ukrainian club Azovmash Mariupol in 2012–2013.
Sidiki Johnson	1	PF	6'8"	235	Freshman	Brooklyn, New York	Suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules, Johnson transferred to Providence in December 2011.
Josiah Turner	11	PG	6'3"	192	Freshman	Sacramento, California	Suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules in March 2012, Turner transferred to SMU but withdrew to pursue a professional career.

Preseason

Summer Exhibition Tour

Practices began earlier than otherwise allowed by the NCAA in preparation for a six-day foreign tour to the Bahamas in August. (NCAA rules allow teams to conduct 10 practices in preparation for a foreign tour.) Although NCAA rules allow for foreign tours once every four years, the Bahamas tour was Arizona's first since 2006. It was the seventh in program history. The team won its games 136–66 and 99–57.

Red-Blue Game

Arizona's annual pre-season Red-Blue scrimmage took place at McKale Center on October 21, selling out for the second-straight season. A half-time ceremony celebrated the 25-year anniversary of the 1987-88 basketball team, the first in program history to reach the Final Four. The team's 35 victories remain the most in school history. Members of the team present included Tucson-native Sean Elliott, Arizona's all-time leading scorer, with 2,555 career points; Steve Kerr, whose 57.8% three-point field-goal percentage in the 1987–88 season is the best in NCAA history (with a minimum of 100 shots made); and Anthony Cook, who recorded a program-best 278 career blocked-shots.

Schedule

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Awards

Solomon Hill

• 2012 Diamond Head Classic MVP, All-Tournament Team
• Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
• USBWA All-District IX Team
• NABC All-District 20 First Team

Nick Johnson

• Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

Mark Lyons

• 2012 Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament Team
• Pac-12 Player of the Week – January 21, 2013
• Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
• USBWA All-District IX Team
• NABC All-District 20 First Team

Kaleb Tarczewski

• Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Freshmen Team

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ¦¦ Increase in ranking. ¦¦ Decrease in ranking. ¦¦ Not ranked the previous week.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Post	Final
AP	12	12	10	9	8	8	4	3	3	4	7	6	8	7	9	12	11	18	18	21	-
Coaches	11	12	10	9	8	8	5	3	3	3	7	6	8	7	9	12	11	18	18	20	14

External links

• Arizona Wildcats men's basketball official website